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Baseball Park

Date: 1924
Description: View of an empty baseball park with a bluff in the background.
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of the east side of Main Street, featuring a book and stationery store and a pool hall. Caption reads: "East Side of Main Street, Viroqua, Wis."
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Lewis Arms on a Sled

Date: 1957
Description: Winter scene with Lewis Arms sitting on a sled in the snow at his uncle Otis Arms's farm, Hillsboro (Vernon Co.), Wisconsin.
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Making Maple Syrup

Date: 04 1957
Description: LuRay Arms and Otis Arms tending a fire while making maple syrup outdoors.
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The Arms Men Making Maple Syrup

Date: 04 1957
Description: Three men from the Arms family making maple syrup outdoors. From left to right are: Lewis, Bernard, and Otis Arms.
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Dedication of Masonic Temple

Date: 08 24 1922
Description: Rooftop view of a parade passing through downtown Viroqua. A boy is sitting on a roof on the left, looking down towards the street at the marching bands an...
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Bicycle Safety Instruction

Date: 1963
Description: Sterling Standiford, a State Trooper, talking to a group of local children on bicycle safety during National Bicycle Week. The activities took place outsid...
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Boy at National Bicycle Week

Date: 1963
Description: A boy taking part in a National Bicycle Week Celebration stands near a bicycle. Sterling Standiford, a State Trooper who was present to explain proper ope...
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Downtown Automobile Race

Date: 07 04 1911
Description: Elevated view looking towards sidewalk and street of a crowd looking at automobiles lined up for a downtown race. According to Alan Picha of the Hillsboro ...
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The Day's Catch

Date: 1904
Description: Group portrait of men and boys standing in front of two houses all holding a long stringer of fish. Three women are standing in the yard in the background....
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Record Breaking Catch

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Description: Group portrait of five local youth showing off a record breaking catch of thirty large Carp hanging on a stringer. Town elders, all men, pose in the backgr...
Postcard

Community Baseball Game

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a small town baseball game in progress. Audience members are standing on the sideline and sitting on the grass. Horses and bu...
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Driving at Campgrounds

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Description: View across grass towards a group of people in a car pulling a camper, and a canoe strapped to the roof of the car, at a campground in Wildcat Mountain Sta...
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Harness Races

Date: 09 1963
Description: Harness racing at a County Fair. The horses pulling sulkies are making the turn in front of the grandstand. Another building and trees are in the backgroun...
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The Big Jump

Date: 01 1952
Description: Ski jumping at Timber Coulee. A large crowd is gathered to watch. Today it is named Snowflake Ski & Golf Club. It is host to a ski jumping tournament since...
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Fisherman's Boardwalk

Date: 1960
Description: View of a crowd of people lined up fishing side by side on long pier. A railroad bridge, with a tanker car, is in the background.
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Parallel Progressions

Date: 1977
Description: Skiers on a slope make an interesting parallel pattern against the snow.

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